I burning your song!

Cafe Society
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Looking for songs where the lyrics include a reference to burning something down.

Tom Waits - Mr. Siegal : “If I can find a book of matches, I’m going to burn this hotel down.”

The Decemberists - O Valencia : “Valencia, I swear to the stars, I’ll burn this whole city down.”

They Might Be Giants - We Want A Rock : “Someone in this town is trying to burn their playhouse down.”

Old 97s - Niteclub - “I just might get drunk tonight, and burn this niteclub down.”

And of course, Talking Heads Burning Down The House.

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“Some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.”

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The Trammps - “Disco Inferno”:

(Burn baby burn) disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down

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The Trammps - “Disco Inferno”

(Burn baby burn) disco Inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) disco Inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down

Edit - * glares sternly in the direction of jsgoddess. :mad:

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Elton John - “Burn Down The Mission”

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If you want links, I’ll have to do them later when I’m at home.

Burn - Throwdown
Burn - Bhayanak Maut
Burn - Deep Purple
Burn In Hell - Venom
Burn It - Refused
Burn My Eye - Radio Birdman
Burn The Earth - Dethklok
Burning Inside - My Own Victim
Burning Rope - Alpha & Omega
Burning The Altar - YOB

The Fire - Heaven Shall Burn
Fire It Up - Moonshine Bandits
Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperions - The Sword
Fireface - High On Fire
Firestarter - Prodigy

Motor City Is Burning - MC5

That’s what I have in my iiPhone at the moment plus a few off the top of my head.

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If it makes you feel better, the song is a complete earworm for me and I’ll likely be singing it for the rest of my life.

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:smiley:

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Apology for any misogyny, but it’s a spunky tune:

George Jones: Burn Your Playhouse Down.

The Proclaimers cover the song.

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John Mayall - Burn out your blind eyes, baby.

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Jimi Hendrix - House Burning Down

I’ve often said that in my sports-related fantasies, I’m a shutdown MLB relief pitcher who comes in with this as my intro music. :slight_smile:

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Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three (plus many, many covers and samples) - “The Roof Is On Fire”. You’ve probably heard one of these versions, somewhere.

Peter Gabriel - “Burn You Up, Burn You Down”

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Def Leppard - Rock of Ages

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper - Burn Down The Malls. Which incidentally has one of my favorite song “quotes” (it’s not exactly a sung lyric): “Whatever malarkey is, man, it’s a whole bunch of it.”

And in a more allegorical sense (though the lyrics do refer to starting a fire): John Mellencamp - Paper In Fire

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Master Scott and the Dynamic Three - The roof is on fire
Bloodhound Gang - The Roof is on fire (or Fire Water Burn)
Blue Oyster Cult - Burning for you
Oingo Boingo - Burn Me Up
Bad Religeon - Los Angeles is Burning

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Oh, and duh…

Deep Purple - “Smoke On The Water”.

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Second post.

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Dead Milkmen - If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire

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Some of these mention burn, but not burning down.

Clarification Shoeless?

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“Sonny Came Home” by Shawn Colvin

“Dry is good and wind is better”

Dar Williams did a song about “When Sal’s Burned Down” which I think was about a shady bar owner torching the joint for money. Not sure though – not a favorite song from that album.

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“Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield” - Randy Newman